Traditional Black and White Photography

. . . the space between making Art

Back to printing more of the snapshots, including tests of the new 50mm f1.5 CV Nokton, which is good, well not at full bore, but . . .

Yesterday an awaited book, Patti Smith's M Train, arrived from my book seller. After the shock of her DREADFUL taste in TV murder series, exactly the same are my wife Rae, who is delighted by Smith's taste, I found this quote at about page 98ish " . . . the space between making Art." Perfect description of the Snapshots. Art is from 10x8" negs and snapshots from 35mm. (Don't waste you time commenting on the last sentence, it does not deserve it.)

John Austin

John Austin's black & white silver gelatin photographs are in many collections, including the National Portrait Gallery; the Art Gallery of Western Australia; the Australian National Library; Curtin University, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery; Western Australian Department of Justice and corporate and private collections in Australia, Singapore, the USA, South America and England.

" . . . [his work] will continue to remind us what has been, what is happening now , , , and what this means for the future of humanity"